When one of Kodachi's schemes work, and all hell breaks loose, can Ranma and Akane recover from the aftermath? What ARE the consequences of their actions!Story now adopted by Nysk! check his site for updates!

AN: Set two years after
the failed wedding, a week before Akane and Ranma's graduation. Akane
and Ranma were getting along better, except when Ranma leaves w/o
telling her. I will try to update this story as much as possible, but
I can't guarantee when.

Pre-read by
"ThreadWeaver".

It was a bright, clear
spring morning in the Nerima Prefecture of Tokyo. Things had been
settling a bit in the normally energetic suburb due to several
incidents had occurred. The local group of martial artists known
unofficially as the Nerima Wreaking Crew had essentially been
mollified due to some incidents around the ward. In one, Panty-hose
Taro had in a recent fight defeated Shampoo of the Amazons and had
essentially become her 'new' Arien, usurping Ranma much to Shampoo's
utter dislike, and to Ranma's utter relief.

"He got lucky Shot!"
She kept spouting off many times after the incident while Mousse, her
current work-mate and constant romantic irritant, was plotting ways
to kill this new impedance to his goal of enrapturing the love of his
life, Shampoo.

Also, many merchants and
occasional victims finally sued the Kunos, in a class action suit
over the constant destruction they wrought while trying to win their
respective 'loves'. Though the other members of the NWC did their
amount of damage around the ward, The Kunos had the backing to pay
up. So, this suit caused the Kuno clan's 'influence' to wane in the
district and made things harder for both Kuno siblings as they seemed
to be spending more and more time at the Tokyo Psychological Center
than at their mansion.

Ukyo kept running her
restaurant, as did the Amazons. But it was becoming clear to her
that she had to make things happen soon, or Ranma would be forced to
marry Akane. Of course she didn't believe Ranma wanted to marry
Akane and that, she would find out soon, was her biggest mistake.

As she thought of a way to
get Ranma out of the Tendo/Saotome agreement, Kodachi Kuno, just out
of the psych-ward, was finishing the last touches on her masterpiece
potion. "This one WILL work," she cackled as she was
putting the finished product into "Three" distinctly
colored glass balls used mainly by a certain aged ninja she had
purloined... OK, stole a few from her hired lackey Sauske. Then
she carefully put the content of her triumph into all three of the
glass balls. Then as if as a second thought, she added a fourth
bauble 'just in case' she thought. That move would come back to haunt
her.

"This will finally
free my Ranma-sama to pursue his one true love, ME!" Kodachi
then added her trademark laugh. For someone who was psychotic, she
did have a brilliant mind.

The 'Black Rose' then
waited to spring her surprise for dinnertime. Kodachi made a phone
call to the Cat-cafe then to Uk-chan's to make two orders. One to
her mansion to take that pesky little Kunochi away from that servile
Chef, and the second to bring that myopic gaijin fop to Uk-chans for
all of her plan to work. She then left her abode to do her dirty
deeds.

Elsewhere, another plan
was being made by two others who almost always had said plans blow up
in their faces... and this time it wasn't Genma and Soun.

Ryouga seems to have found
himself again at the Tendo Dojo, where he met up with the love of his
life, Akane Tendo. She was planning on making her Inuzake' jealous
as he inadvertently did many times with her.

"So, can you do this
Royga-chan?" asked Akane with her trademark pout (Lots of
trademarks already, huh?).
Ryouga, being who he is had no chance here, simply nodded with
a dumb-ass look on his face. Akane smiled as her plan to get Ranma
married to her was now on its way. Too bad that being Ranma's
fiance' caused chaos not only to follow him, but those around him as
Akane and Ryouga were to about find out all too soon.

Yet in another spot in
Nerima we find a busy Cat-Cafe and the call made earlier means Mousse
is now on his way to deliver some of their Ramen Special to, of all
places, Uk-Chans. "This has to be a mistake…" Mousse
grumbled as he made his way to Ukyo's establishment. Phase-one of

Kodachi's plan was now on.
Within a few minutes Mousse was knocking on Uk-Chans' back door
where she was just finishing the dinner rush.

The last customer was
walking out the front door as the knock was heard. "Damn, who
could that be now?" Ukyo asked, to no one in particular, as she
rushed to open the back door. There stood Mousse with that day's
Ramen special. "What the heck are you doin' here, sugar?"
Ukyo asked in an exasperating tone.

"Believe me, I don't
know. I'm just delivering a paid-for order. It's up to you if you
want it or..."

Mousse didn't finish as a
glass ball broke on the doorstep between him and Ukyo. As the
gaseous substance met their noses, they seemed to sway but then
grabbed each other in a heated embrace. A cackling Kodachi watched
as they made their way upstairs to Ukyo's apartment, shedding their
clothes on the way. "Phase one was doing quite well," the mad
gymnast thought, smiling happily as she roof hopped away.

Meanwhile (Yet again!),
Shampoo and Cologne were finishing up the dinner rush when Shampoo's
new Arien stepped into the Restaurant. "Yo, Poo-chan! Your
Hubby's here!" Taro bellowed and smirked as though he was in his
cursed form.

"Shampoo no care
Bull-boy say, just go and bother Oriochi In China!" Shampoo said
with a sneer to her Husband. Cologne simply shook her head. Yes,
Ranma was a much better choice for

Shampoo but they could not
ignore Amazon law. When Taro had attacked Ranma and the Tendos to
find out where Happosai was, the Amazons had been there to negotiate
with Ranma about his Marriage to Shampoo. In the ensuing battle,
Ranma with the help of Ryouga, the Amazons and Ukyo, had put Taro
down, but not before he had knocked Shampoo unconscious with a
withering head shot with a hoof. She landed right in front of
Cologne.

Mousse was then downed by
Taro soon after as he realized what had happened. It was Ranma
working with Ryouga that finally put his Behemoth cursed form down.
Later the facts came to light and Shampoo was now seething whenever
her 'new' Arien showed up. It seemed that Taro was enjoying his
little visits, annoying Shampoo and to a lesser extent the other
Amazons. Shampoo then stomped up to her room followed by the
callously uppity Taro.

So it was this atmosphere
that was in the Cat-Cafe' when a Shadowy figure in a black leotard
came by the open window and threw a glass ball, hitting the floor
exploding it contents right between the couple arguing in an upstairs
bedroom. Within minutes the moans and shrieks of a couple making
love were heard by a crazed and now satisfied Gymnast as she then
headed to her final destination, hopeful of snaring her true love.
"Phase Two now well underway," she thought. As she left
Colonge made it to Shampoo's room & opened the door where she
witnessed the actions wrought by Kodachi's concoction. She just
sighed, shook her head, turned around and made her way downstairs to
make a calming herbal tea as she surmised it would be needed soon
enough.

So, as Kodachi was making
her way to the Tendo compound, Ranma was headed home just finishing a
great day shopping with his mother in Tokyo's shopping district.
Both had discussed his fiance' problem throughout the trip, and
Nodoka simply said to "Go with you heart". Ranma smiled and
nodded. He was glad that his mother was now thinking more about what
he needed than what honor demanded. He knew now that she saw honor as
what you make of it and not from others who are dishonorable, like a
certain panda. On their walk back Ranma seemed to have made up his
mind, when he felt a familiar chi moving quickly over Nerima. He
informed his mom what he had felt, and they both hurried to the Tendo
Dojo.

As they made their way,
Kodachi had already made it to the Tendo Compound, catching the tail
end of the plan between Ryouga and Akane.

"Oh, the peasants
want to make my Ranma-sama jealous… Well, let us help their little
plan!" Kodachi thought wryly as she threw the third glass ball and
stayed long enough to see the effect the gas had on Ryouga and Akane.
A loud "HOHOHOHOHO" was heard as she left, just as Ranma
and his mother arrived. They heard the laugh and Ranma suspecting
the worst, ran up the stairs in a blur with Nodoka and Kasumi quickly
following.

What they saw there broke
many hearts as the raw emotion on Akane face was amplified with the
streams of tears, as she was literally a human piston on a comatose
Ryouga. That alone would have been noticed by a calm and logical
person. But Ranma wasn't either at that moment.

Ranma looked like someone
had died... and in a sense someone did. More appropriately described
as something, his heart. He quickly turned around and steadily
walked away from the scene, without acknowledging his mother or
kasumi who had arrived to also witnes the disturbing site. His father
Genma was now there, yelling at him to turn around and knock Ryouga
out the window. Ranma looked rather coldly at the honor-less coward
then simply backhanded him just as Genma was trying to grab his son
to stop him. A hole resembling a fat person appeared on the wall and
seconds later a splash was heard out back. Nodoka saw all this and
simply gave a concerned looked toward her son. He gazed sadly at
her, his eyes watering as though something had broken within himself
and was trying to come out. Ranma sighed, turned again, and walked
down the rest of the stairs and out the front door of the home,
quickly disappearing down one of the hilly streets that connected
with the one where the Tendo home stands.

A few minutes later a
flustered Nabiki came home from her Tokyo-U classes and was updated
by a now teary eyed Nodoka on what had happened. Nabiki saw her
older sister Kasumi coming down the stairs with a bewildered yet sad
look in her eyes and an empty bucket dangling from her loose hand.
Seconds later loud crashing, yelling and screaming was heard from
upstairs as Akane had finally found out Ryouga's secret, courtesy of
water from a now empty bucket.

Nabiki sighed at the noise
upstairs and turned to Nodoka informing her that she would go and
look for Ranma. Even with her time away at University Nabiki knew
Ranma's hiding spots. The Middle Tendo daughter then got up to go out
looking for him. A knowing nod to Kasumi and she was off to find
the now despondent and depressed Martial Artist.

Chapter 2: Realization and
commitment

What will Nabiki tell
Ranma when she finds him? What will happen to Akane & Ryouga now,
as well as the rest of the now 'coupled' NWC members. Stay tuned!

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